6 November

20 November

Take a look at some ofthe 2013 Lighthouse Activities

Scroll down to take a look at just a few of the Lighthouse Activities
that are achieving real results on the ground.

India

Bringing solar energyto Bangalore's slums

In the slums of Bangalore families use polluting kerosene lamps, and the fuel eats
up a significant percentage of their humble incomes.

Pollinate Energy trains members of the local community to distribute and install
solar lighting systems as micro-entrepreneurs, or "Pollinators". These Pollinators are
armed with the best solar systems on the market and sell them to families within
their communities.

Pollinate Energy is set to replicate its model across India. It has the potential to operate across 50 major Indian cities with a network of 20 Pollinators per city, servicing a total of around 35,000 communities.

1

Pollinate Headquarters in
Bangalore finds the best and
most affordable products and
manages supplier relationships.
These products are then
made available to the
Pollinators to sell.

2

The Pollinator is the link
between Pollinate Energy and
the communities. They build trust
with the community's members
and sell the various products
provided by Pollinate's HQ.

3

A Worker Bee is a member
of a community who helps the
Pollinator in generating interest
and sales within their community.
They earn a commission for any
sales they help close.

4

The customer is the end user,
typically a family living in a tent
with no access to electricity. With
the help of a five-week payment
plan, they are able to purchase
products that dramatically
improve their living
standards.

Liberia

Fostering Innovative Sanitation and Hygiene

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People provided with new or
improved access to sanitation

Improving the
toilet facilities
(at home or in
marketplaces)

Connecting
public toilets
to the sewer
system

Using septic
tanks with
biodigesters

Click to see the impact

30% owned by women

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businesses

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jobs created

Reducing
vulnerability
to waterborne diseases
that result from open
defecation and septic
tank overflows

Controlled capture of
biogas to producereusable
products and
fertilizer

Treating fecal
sludge
reduces methane
emissions,
which have 25 times
more greenhouse
impact than CO2

Australia

Empowering womento take action

Since 2009, 1 Million Women has grown to become Australia's
largest women's environmental organization. Finding ways to
make 1 Million Women an organization that engages women and
girls everywhere is central to its development plans for the next
three years.

2009
1 Million Women
started with just
one woman.

2012
Within three
years, 1 Million
Women grew
to 15,000
members.

2013
76,000 women
joined 1 Million
Women.

2014
More than
110,000 women
have joined the
campaign.

The campaign goal –
1 million women cutting
1 million tonnes of CO2 –
equals taking 240,000 cars
off the road for a year.

Ghana

BuildingBamboo Bicycles

Propelled by women's leadership, the Ghana
Bamboo Bikes Initiative is tackling climate
change by building high-quality bamboo
bicycles. The initiative has double the
climate benefits: it reduces emissions
not only from the transportation
sector but also from the bicycle
production process.